Fetching Sling ZU-FYA from Cape Town

I took delivery today of our Sling ZU-FYA for Durban Skyye Flight School from Jandre at Morningstar Airfield in Cape Town. My pilot mate and fellow Sling owner Louis will be joining me for the flights back tomorrow and Sunday.

At first I took to the air to get the feel of the plane and flew "Yankee" to Stellenbosch where we are staying for the night. In the morning the intention is to fly to Langebaan to see Rainer's Seaplane there and at noon start the trip back from the Cape to Durban.

Jandre congratulates Dave on delivery of the plane for the Flight School

A view of Table Mountain and Signal Hill with clouds on take-off from Morningstar

Morningstar Airfield near the Blouwbergstrand, Cape Town

Selfie flying the plane

A view towards Somerset West on approach to Stellenbosch Airfield

Final Approach runway 19 Stellenbosch

On the ground at Stellenbosch with the Stellenbosch mountains in the background

Just a joke fetching my co-pilot Louis from Cape Town International so he could join me on the trip in ZU-FYA to Durban

Video clip rounding Table Mountain

Click on the link here for the short YouTube video clip of us rounding Table Mountain on a flight in our Sling ZDL heading towards Hout Bay.



Robben Island



Cape Town Stadium



Lion's Head

The view of Table Mountain from Table Bay

Seapoint with Lion's Head and Table Mountain backdrop

Hout Bay is around the "corner"

We landed in Stellenbosch from Agulhas before lunch and the weather was great so we decided to do a flight around Table Mountain. Thanks to Rainier from MGL Avionics (another Sling owner and manuufacturer of the MGL onboard computers in our plane) we had a full telephonic briefing on the permitted routing and frequencies for the different sectors of the flight, including skirting around the Cape Town Control Zone and after Muizemberg, routing through the Cape Town CTZ talking to Cape Town International airport for the requisite transit permissions and guidance.

The Cape Town TMA (Terminal Control area) also has certain height restrictions and we saw why when a huge commercial airliner did a turn around and above us for landing at Cape Town International Airport. Again on the Muizemberg side we were on the Cape Town take-off and landing approach so we had to fly at only 500 ft above the waves out to sea to avoid the big planes around us. What an incredible experience. The mountains looming around us were breathtaking. A first time view from this side and altitude.